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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the March 11, 2020, governor's declaration of a public health disaster emergency in response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; providing for a financing plan; making temporary changes to state law in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the following areas: standing orders of the chief medical officer; occupational and professional licensing, practice, and billing; telehealth; fingerprinting requirements for health care providers; elections in calendar year 2020; permanent fund dividend applications and eligibility; state tax filings, payments, and penalties; corporations; state and municipal government deadlines; the Alaska regional economic assistance program; Medicaid and public assistance; workers' compensation; sanitation standards for retail sellers; actions by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; utilities and residential utility service; power cost equalization; forbearance of specified state loans; foreclosures; evictions; wills; repossessions; access to federal stabilization funds; seafood purchase and distribution; homelessness; administrative hearings; and liability for issuing, providing, or manufacturing personal protective equipment; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act extending the March 11, 2020, governor's declaration of a public health disaster emergency in response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; providing for a financing plan; making temporary changes to state law in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the following areas: standing orders of the chief medical officer; occupational and professional licensing, practice, and billing; telehealth; fingerprinting requirements for health care providers; elections in calendar year 2020; permanent fund dividend applications and eligibility; state tax filings, payments, and penalties; corporations; state and municipal government deadlines; the Alaska regional economic assistance program; Medicaid and public assistance; workers' compensation; sanitation standards for retail sellers; actions by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; utilities and residential utility service; power cost equalization; forbearance of specified state loans; foreclosures; evictions; wills; repossessions; access to federal stabilization funds; seafood purchase and distribution; homelessness; administrative hearings; and liability for issuing, providing, or manufacturing personal protective equipment; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "Alaska SB 241 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "COLLECTION AGENCIES", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "ECONOMY", "ELECTIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FAMILIES", "FEDERAL AID", "FEES", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LEGISLATURE", "LICENSING", "LOANS", "MEDICAL CARE", "MILITARY", "NURSES", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PERMANENT FUND", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "PUBLIC CORPORATIONS", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "PUBLIC UTILITIES", "TAXATION", "WILLS", "WORKERS COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SENATE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 200
vote_count: 28
first_action: "2020-03-22"
last_action: "2020-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23b1f7ba-6894-49b6-a8fd-dddf3871ce19"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB241"
source_hash: "6057a6c1987b453b67bf18e9b1ef078ca6e473d8a4a873f94c3f1a56194fd211"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
---
# Alaska SB 241 (31) — An Act extending the March 11, 2020, governor's declaration of a public health disaster emergency in response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; providing for a financing plan; making temporary changes to state law in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the following areas: standing orders of the chief medical officer; occupational and professional licensing, practice, and billing; telehealth; fingerprinting requirements for health care providers; elections in calendar year 2020; permanent fund dividend applications and eligibility; state tax filings, payments, and penalties; corporations; state and municipal government deadlines; the Alaska regional economic assistance program; Medicaid and public assistance; workers' compensation; sanitation standards for retail sellers; actions by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; utilities and residential utility service; power cost equalization; forbearance of specified state loans; foreclosures; evictions; wills; repossessions; access to federal stabilization funds; seafood purchase and distribution; homelessness; administrative hearings; and liability for issuing, providing, or manufacturing personal protective equipment; and providing for an effective date.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0241A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0241A)
2. **SB0241B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0241B)
3. **SB0241C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0241C)
4. **SB0241D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0241D)
5. **SB0241E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0241E)
6. **SB0241F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0241F)
7. **SB0241Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0241Z)
## Votes
- (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y19 N- E1 #2280**190** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM 2 TO AM 12 ADOPTED Y34 E4 A2 #2116**340** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM 1 TO AM 15 ADOPTED Y18 N16 E4 A2 #2126**1816** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 5 ADOPTED Y33 N3 E4 # 2108 — **333** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 13 ADOPTED Y33 N2 E4 A1 # 2118 — **332** (pass) · lower
- (H) FAILED RECEDE (H) AM Y2 N32 E6 #2154**232** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM 1 TO AM 14 ADOPTED Y31 N4 E4 A1 #2123**314** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y34 N1 E4 A1 #2127**341** (pass) · lower
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y35 E4 A1 #2166**350** (pass) · lower
- (H) FCC RPT ADPTD Y34 N1 E4 A1 FCCS SB 241 #2166**341** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 15 AS AM ADOPTED Y21 N14 E4 A1 # 2127 — **2114** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 6 FAILED Y6 N12 E2 # 2257 — **612** (fail) · upper
- (S) FCC RPT ADPTD Y16 N1 E3 FCCS SB 241 #2330**161** (pass) · upper
- (H) UNIFORM RULE 42(A) & (B) WAIVED Y33 N1 E6 #2155**331** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 4 ADOPTED Y35 E4 A1 # 2107 — **350** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 7 FAILED Y6 N12 E2 # 2258 — **612** (fail) · upper
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2264**190** (pass) · upper
- (S) AM NO 5 FAILED Y6 N12 E2 # 2257 — **612** (fail) · upper
- (H) AM NO 8 AS AM ADOPTED Y33 N1 E4 A2 # 2112 — **331** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 12 ADOPTED Y19 N- E1 # 2260 — **190** (pass) · upper
- (S) AM NO 15 ADOPTED Y10 N9 E1 # 2262 — **109** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 2 AS AM ADOPTED Y33 N2 E4 A1 # 2106 — **332** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 8 FAILED Y6 N12 E2 # 2258 — **612** (fail) · upper
- (H) AM NO 10 FAILED Y13 N22 E4 A1 # 2114 — **1322** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 12 AS AM ADOPTED Y34 N1 E4 A1 # 2117 — **341** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 1 FAILED Y8 N11 E1 # 2254 — **811** (fail) · upper
- (H) AM NO 14 AS AM ADOPTED Y20 N15 E4 A1 # 2124 — **2015** (pass) · lower
- (S) AM NO 4 FAILED Y7 N11 E2 # 2255 — **711** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- SENATE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-03-22** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-22** (S) RLS
- **2020-03-22** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-22** (S) FN2: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-22** (S) FN3: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-22** (S) FN4: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-22** (S) FN5: INDETERMINATE(MVA)
- **2020-03-22** (S) FN6: ZERO(DPS)
- **2020-03-22** (S) FN7: (REV)
- **2020-03-22** (S) FN8: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-22** (S) FN9: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-22** (S) GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2020-03-23** (S) RLS WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULES 23 & 24
- **2020-03-23** (S) RLS RPT CS 4DP 1AM NEW TITLE
- **2020-03-23** (S) DP: COGHILL, GIESSEL, HOFFMAN, VON IMHOF
- **2020-03-23** (S) AM: BEGICH
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN2: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN3: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN4: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN5: INDETERMINATE(MVA)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN6: ZERO(DPS)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN7: (REV)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN8: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-23** (S) FN9: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN10: (REV)
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN11: ZERO(REV)
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN12: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN13: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN14: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN15: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-24** (S) FN16: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-23** (S) RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 3/23/2020
- **2020-03-23** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-23** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/24 CALENDAR
- **2020-03-23** (S) RULES at 11:15 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-03-23** (S) Moved CSSB 241(RLS) Out of Committee Uniform Rule 23(a) & 24(b) Waived
- **2020-03-23** (S) Minutes (SRLS)
- **2020-03-24** (S) MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2020-03-24** (S) Read the third time SB 241 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-24** (S) RETURN TO SECOND UC
- **2020-03-24** (S) RLS CS ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 1 FAILED Y8 N11 E1
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 2 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 3 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 4 FAILED Y7 N11 E2
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 5 FAILED Y6 N12 E2
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 6 FAILED Y6 N12 E2
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 7 FAILED Y6 N12 E2
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 8 FAILED Y6 N12 E2
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 9 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 10 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 11 NOT OFFERED
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 12 ADOPTED Y19 N- E1
- **2020-03-24** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 13 NOT OFFERED
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 14 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 15 ADOPTED Y10 N9 E1
- **2020-03-24** (S) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 16 NOT OFFERED
- **2020-03-24** (S) AM NO 17 NOT OFFERED
- **2020-03-24** (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2020-03-24** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2020-03-24** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-24** (S) BEGICH NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2020-03-25** (S) RECON TAKEN UP - IN THIRD READING
- **2020-03-25** (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y19 N- E1
- **2020-03-25** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-25** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2020-03-25** (S) VERSION: CSSB 241(RLS) AM
- **2020-03-25** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-25** (H) RLS
- **2020-03-25** (H) RULES at 01:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2020-03-25** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 241(RLS) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 15 Minutes Following Session --
- **2020-03-25** (H) Minutes (HRLS)
- **2020-03-26** (H) RLS RPT HCS(RLS) NT 2DP 4NR
- **2020-03-26** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 20
- **2020-03-26** (H) DP: THOMPSON, KOPP
- **2020-03-26** (H) NR: JOHNSON, PRUITT, STUTES, EDGMON
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN5: INDETERMINATE(MVA)
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN6: ZERO(DPS)
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN9: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN10: (REV)
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN11: ZERO(REV)
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN12: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN13: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN14: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN15: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-26** (H) FN16: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-26** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/26/2020
- **2020-03-26** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-26** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 20
- **2020-03-26** (H) RLS HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 1 NOT OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 2 OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM 1 TO AM 2 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 2 AS AM ADOPTED Y33 N2 E4 A1
- **2020-03-26** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 3 NOT OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 4 ADOPTED Y35 E4 A1
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 5 ADOPTED Y33 N3 E4
- **2020-03-26** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 6 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 7 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-26** (H) LIMIT AMS TO AM NO 15
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 8 OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM 1 TO AM 8 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 8 AS AM ADOPTED Y33 N1 E4 A2
- **2020-03-26** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 9 NOT OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 10 FAILED Y13 N22 E4 A1
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 11 OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM 1 TO AM 11 OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 11 WITHDRAWN
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 12 OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM 1 TO AM 12 NOT OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM 2 TO AM 12 ADOPTED Y34 E4 A2
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM 3 TO AM 12 ADOPTED UC
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 12 AS AM ADOPTED Y34 N1 E4 A1
- **2020-03-26** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 13 ADOPTED Y33 N2 E4 A1
- **2020-03-26** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 14 OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM 1 TO AM 14 ADOPTED Y31 N4 E4 A1
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 14 AS AM ADOPTED Y20 N15 E4 A1
- **2020-03-26** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 15 OFFERED
- **2020-03-26** (H) LIMIT DEBATE ON AMS TO 2 MIN EACH - UC
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM 1 TO AM 15 ADOPTED Y18 N16 E4 A2
- **2020-03-26** (H) AM NO 15 AS AM ADOPTED Y21 N14 E4 A1
- **2020-03-26** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-26** (H) Read the third time HCS CSSB 241(RLS) AM H `reading-3`
- **2020-03-26** (H) PASSED Y34 N1 E4 A1
- **2020-03-26** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-26** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2020-03-26** (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 241(RLS) AM H
- **2020-03-27** (S) FAILED CONCUR (H) AM Y- N17 E2 A1
- **2020-03-27** (S) UNIFORM RULE 42(A) WAIVED UC
- **2020-03-27** (S) FREE CONFERENCE GRANTED
- **2020-03-27** (S) FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
- **2020-03-27** (S) COGHILL (CHAIR), BISHOP, BEGICH
- **2020-03-27** (H) RECEDE MESSAGE READ
- **2020-03-27** (H) RECEDE MESSAGE TAKEN UP
- **2020-03-27** (H) FAILED RECEDE (H) AM Y2 N32 E6
- **2020-03-27** (H) RESCIND ACTION (FLD) RECEDE UC
- **2020-03-27** (H) FAILED RECEDE (H) AM N34 E6
- **2020-03-27** (H) UNIFORM RULE 42(A) & (B) WAIVED Y33 N1 E6
- **2020-03-27** (H) FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
- **2020-03-27** (H) KOPP (CHAIR), SPOHNHOLZ, TALERICO
- **2020-03-28** (H) FCC REPORT: FCCS SB 241 RECEIVED 10:59 P.M.
- **2020-03-28** (H) FCC REPORT READ
- **2020-03-28** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 20
- **2020-03-28** (H) FISCAL NOTES
- **2020-03-28** (H) UNIFORM RULE 42(B) WAIVED UC
- **2020-03-28** (H) FCC REPORT TAKEN UP
- **2020-03-28** (H) FCC RPT ADPTD Y34 N1 E4 A1 FCCS SB 241
- **2020-03-28** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y35 E4 A1
- **2020-03-28** (S) FCC REPORT: FCCS SB 241 RECEIVED 3/28/20 10:55 P.M.
- **2020-03-28** (S) UNIFORM RULE 42 WAIVED UC
- **2020-03-28** (S) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 20
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN5: INDETERMINATE(MVA)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN6: ZERO(DPS)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN11: ZERO(REV)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN17: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN18: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN20: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN21: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN22: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN23: ZERO(GOV)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN24: (REV)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN25: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN26: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN27: (REV)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN28: INDETERMINATE(LWF)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN29: INDETERMINATE(CED)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN30: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN31: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN32: ZERO(ADM)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN33: ZERO(CED)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN34: ZERO(EED)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN35: ZERO(LAW)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FN36: ZERO(DHS)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FCC RPT ADPTD Y16 N1 E3 FCCS SB 241
- **2020-03-28** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2020-03-28** (H) FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SB241 at 11:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-03-28** (H) Moved FCCS SB 241 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 8:00 pm --
- **2020-03-28** (H) Minutes (HSB241)
- **2020-03-28** (S) FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SB241 at 11:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-03-28** (S) Moved FCCS SB 241 Out of Committee
- **2020-03-28** (S) Minutes (SSB241)
- **2020-05-19** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 4/3/20
- **2020-05-18** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 4/3/20
- **2020-05-18** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 205
- **2020-05-18** (H) FN24: (REV)
- **2020-05-18** (S) 4:46 P.M. 3/31/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2020-05-18** (S) Signed into law 4/9 CHAPTER 10 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23b1f7ba-6894-49b6-a8fd-dddf3871ce19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).